Month: March 2011

Thank You, Grandpa

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Thank you, Grandpa

By, Plourde, Lynnne

[amazon_link id=”0525469923″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Thank You, Grandpa[/amazon_link]

This is a great story about a little girl who has a close relationship with her grandfather. They explore and enjoy nature together and start to comprend and cope with death. In the end the little girl says thank you and good bye to her grandfather. This book made me cry as I thought of my own grandfather and my close relationship with him. Both of my boys were looking at me and asking why I was crying. Not much makes me cry, but this book was especially touching. This would be a great book to help kids cope and accept the dealth of a loved one, especially a grandfather.

I wasn’t planning on posting anything about kids books, but this one was so touching and I want to remember it for when we may need it in the future.

Banana Boats

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I think this blog will quickly be a lot about food. That is our lives these days! A few weeks before Thanksgiving, last year, Brian was told that he was intolerant to corn, soy, dairy and gluten and he should also not be eating any grains or sugars. He has had a history of high cholesterol and triglycerides since before we got married. Since he is adopted we don’t know any of his family history so therefore don’t really know if this is genetic or not. Since we got married in 2005 we have eaten pretty healthy compared to mainstream Americans, but for him that hasn’t been enough. We have since changed our diet significantly and you will be able to enjoy some of the recipes we have worked so hard to modify for him to enjoy as well. The kids and I still eat dairy and grains, but I’m trying to make healthier choices there as well. Continue reading “Banana Boats” →

Laundry Detergent

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We have been making our own detergent for the last year or more and it has really worked well for us. I do use some spot remover on chocolate, dirt stains, blood or other such things from having two young boys, but any food marks, oil, yogurt, etc, comes out without a mark. My boys don’t wear much white so I can’t really say how it does with that. I do wear white, though and I feel like they come out just fine! Continue reading “Laundry Detergent” →

Why We Get Fat

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So why a book report… haven’t I gotten out of grade school by now? Didn’t I write enough that I should never want to ever write them again? Or not even look at one until I have to review the ones my kids have to write? Well, I do have a goal to read 24 books a year. It is just that… a goal. I’m not on target this year, but it is something I’d really like to do! In a perfect world I’ll be able to read one fiction and one non-fiction monthly. Continue reading “Why We Get Fat” →

We Made Butter Today

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Ordinarily we use mostly coconut oil or olive oil for our cooking and dressings respectively, but after doing some investigation of Nourishing Traditions and all the benefits we are missing out on, I decided I’d like to start adding more animal fats back into our diet. So now I don’t feel so bad about using the bacon grease again and bringing butter back! Continue reading “We Made Butter Today” →

Book List for 2011

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Book list for 2011:
Non-Ficton:
1. √ [amazon_link id=”B001GNC7O2″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]End of the Spear[/amazon_link] –Steve Saint
2. √ [amazon_link id=”B003ZOWCLI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]How To Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor[/amazon_link] – Robert Mendelsohn
3. √ [amazon_link id=”B003WUYOQ6″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It[/amazon_link] – Gary Taubes
4. √ [amazon_link id=”0966378601″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Shepherding a childs Heart[/amazon_link] – Ted Tripp
5. √ [amazon_link id=”B0030MQJV4″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]A Sweet and Bitter Providence[/amazon_link] – John Piper
6. √ [amazon_link id=”B002GHC7FQ” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Jew Store[/amazon_link] –Stella Suberman
7. √ [amazon_link id=”0679774025″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]All Over But the Shoutin’[/amazon_link] – Rick Bragg – – growing up poor in Alabama and over coming poverty
8. [amazon_link id=”B0040JHQUE” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Duties of Parents[/amazon_link]- J.C. Ryle
9. √ [amazon_link id=”B000FC1ITK” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Into Thin Air[/amazon_link] – Jon Krakauer
10. [amazon_link id=”B00276HAWG” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Nourishing Traditions[/amazon_link] – Sally Fallon
11. [amazon_link id=”B004S2ZSZ8″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resiliance, and Redemption[/amazon_link] – Laura Hillenbrand
12. [amazon_link id=”1581349130″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Shopping for Time: How to Do It All and NOT Be Overwhelmed[/amazon_link] – Carolyn Mahaney
13. [amazon_link id=”B002PMVP2I” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Becoming the Woman of His Dreams[/amazon_link] – Jaynes
14. [amazon_link id=”B002TJZLYU” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Womanly Dominion: More than a gentle and Quiet Sprit[/amazon_link] – Mark Chanski
15. [amazon_link id=”B0026XHG1U” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Knowing Scripture[/amazon_link] – R. C. Sproul
16. [amazon_link id=”B001RLBX4S” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Joy of Fearing God[/amazon_link] – Jerry Bridges
17. [amazon_link id=”0312428030″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Whisperers, Private life in Stalin’s Russa[/amazon_link] – Orlando Figes – Personal stories of the horrors of living under Stalin.
18. [amazon_link id=”B004A7YINO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Carrots Love Tomatos[/amazon_link] – Louise Riotte
19. [amazon_link id=”B004KO8K04″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]One Thousand Gifts[/amazon_link] – Ann Voskamp

Fiction:
1. √ [amazon_link id=”B003OUXB72″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Dear Money[/amazon_link] – Martha McPhee
2. √ [amazon_link id=”B000OCXFWY” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Memory Keepers Daughter[/amazon_link] – Kim Edwards – Story of twins born and the mother doesn’t know that one with Downs was given away. She was told he died.
3. [amazon_link id=”B002L9MYYI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Baking Cakes in Kigali[/amazon_link] – Gaile Parkin – Rwanda – runs a cake business during genocide
4. [amazon_link id=”B00381B8AY” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Watch Over Me[/amazon_link] – Christa Parrish – Messy lives; Christian lives and how a baby changes so much
5. [amazon_link id=”B002QE3CW6″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]White Picket Fences[/amazon_link] – Susan Meissner – – family secrets may tear a family apart
6. [amazon_link id=”B001NLL4XW” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Life Sentences[/amazon_link] – Laura Lippman – story told of a friend who spent seven years in prison for killing her infant son although no body was ever found
7. [amazon_link id=”B0046RF8Y6″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Convent: A Novel[/amazon_link] – Panos Karnezis
8. [amazon_link id=”B002J7VTC0″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Baumgartner’s Bombay[/amazon_link] – Anita Desai – fleeling Germany to India